"Our politicians are still engaged in squabbles, quite unwilling to take decisions on vital national issues."

Ven. Galagame Dhammaransi Thero, addressing the National Anti-War Front (NAWF), said both the JVP and the UNP have been critical of President Chandrika Kumaratunga's efforts to expedite relief and rehabilitation for tsunami-affected people in the North and East by establishing the Post-tsunami Operational Management Structure (POMS).